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When Falls the Coliseum
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a journal of American culture (or lack thereof)

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If Starbucks made literature happily ever after

Scott Stein, August 25, 2025

The Trial by Franz Kafka “And that’s when the judge arrived and took the knife….

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Franz Kafka’s content warnings

Scott Stein, June 29, 2021August 24, 2025

Dear Max, You wrote in your last letter that the publisher of my forthcoming complete…

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Book Review: An Encyclopedia of Tolkien

Chris Matarazzo, October 14, 2019August 20, 2025

Prolific author, poet and Tolkien scholar, David Day, is well-known to serious readers of the works…

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The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius: A review

Daniel Kalder, June 1, 2012June 1, 2012

There comes a point in every individual’s lifetime when he or she must face the…

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“Avengers Assemble” #1: Mainstream comics creators really have no idea what’s going on anymore.

Ricky Sprague, March 26, 2012March 26, 2012

Have you heard about the new “Avengers Assemble” #1? On March 13, USA Today had…

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Superman lacks super understanding of economics, causes of crime

Scott Stein, January 17, 2012January 18, 2012

In Action Comics #8, published in January of 1939, Superman decides that housing conditions are responsible…

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Kafka the quarterback

Scott Stein, August 5, 2010August 6, 2010

I’ve just discovered that the third-string quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles is named Mike Kafka….

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The failed playwright of Virginia Tech

Scott Stein, April 16, 2009April 16, 2009

Two years ago, on April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech was the scene of a heinous…

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